Enzo Calderari (born 18 April 1952,

Bienne , french: Biennois(e) , neighboring_municipalities= Brügg, Ipsach, Leubringen/Magglingen (''Evilard/Macolin''), Nidau, Orpund, Orvin, Pieterlen, Port, Safnern, Tüscherz-Alfermée, Vauffelin , twintowns = Iserlohn (Germany) ...

, Switzerland) is a Swiss entrepreneur and former car racing driver.

Career

Enzo Calderari is the son of Jacques Calderari, who was active as a sports car driver in the 1960s. The son, a real estate agent in his day job, can look back on a racing career spanning almost 30 years. He began GT and

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in the 1970s and, together with Marco Vanoli, finished sixth overall in the 1980

European Touring Car Championship The European Touring Car Championship was an international touring car racing series organised by the FIA. It had two incarnations, the first one between 1963 and 1988, and the second between 2000 and 2004. In 2005 it was superseded by the World ...

(overall winner

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and Siegfried Müller junior). In addition to further appearances in the European Touring Car Championship, he competed in the German Racing Championship and the

World Sportscar Championship The World Sportscar Championship was the world series run for sports car racing by the FIA from 1953 to 1992. The championship evolved from a small collection of the most important sportscar, endurance, and road racing events in Europe and ...

. In 1992, he secured the overall championship of the 1992

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Trophy ahead of Stefan Oberndorfer and was runner-up in the

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in 1993 behind Altfrid Heger. He celebrated further successes in the

FIA GT Championship The FIA GT Championship was a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) at the behest of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship was mostly concentrated in Europe, but throughout ...

, where he finished fifth overall in the 2004 championship in a

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Maranello entered by

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. That year he also celebrated overall victory in the Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours. The competed five times in the

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. He made his debut in 1985 and his best finish in the final classification was in 1994 with his then regular co-driver

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and the Italian Renato Mastropietro, when he finished ninth overall. He had his last active season in 2009 in the Italian Touring Car Championship, then retired from active racing.

References

External links

Enzo Calderari
career summary at DriverDB.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Calderari, Enzo Swiss businesspeople Swiss racing drivers 12 Hours of Sebring drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers FIA GT Championship drivers Living people 1952 births 24H Series drivers